Teodoro Diaz-Rodriguez Jr. and Jennifer Feltham's Sonoran flour-tortilla taqueria with mesquite-grilled asada and Burrito 2.0.
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Taqueria Frontera
Mexican / Tacos · Cypress Park · Eater LA 38 (Spring 2026)
Juan Carlos Guerra's perfect Cypress Park taqueria with a lighthouse-like corner presence and a trompo-spinning al pastor specialist.
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Guisados Echo Park
Mexican / Tacos · Echo Park
The Echo Park original — Armando De La Torre's braised-meat taco shop that turned the homestyle Mexican stew-on-a-tortilla formula into a multi-LA chain. The sampler plate is the whole point: six mini...
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Tacos Los Cholos
Mexican / Tacos · Huntington Park
Huntington Park's two-story taquería — smoky mesquite-charcoal asada, lime-marinated ribeye sliced thin, banda music loud enough to hear from the parking lot. A genuine southeast-LA institution; the d...
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Angel's Tijuana Tacos
Mexican / Tacos · Echo Park
Angel's started as a taco stand, went viral, and turned into one of the most photographed tacos in LA — and the food holds up. Tijuana-style carne asada over a flour tortilla, adobada with the right c...
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Guerrilla Tacos
Mexican / Tacos · Arts District
Chef Wes Avila's Arts District taqueria — the LA street-cart that grew into a serious restaurant without losing the attitude. Sweet potato taco put him on the map; the pork belly al pastor keeps him t...
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Tacos 1986
Mexican / Tacos · Hollywood · Eater LA's Best New 2018 — Tijuana-style tacos multiple locations
A Tijuana-style taco shop from Victor Delgado and Jorge 'Joy' Álvarez-Tostado — al pastor carved off a trompo, perreo music, and a short-line format that has spread to Hollywood, Westwood, Echo Park, ...
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Tito's Tacos
Mexican / Tacos · Culver City
Operating since 1959 — the Culver City hardshell taco factory that locals have treated as a rite of passage for six decades. Shredded beef with iceberg lettuce and cheddar on a house-fried shell — not...
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Kogi Taqueria
Korean-Mexican / Tacos · Palms
Roy Choi's Kogi BBQ brick-and-mortar — the original food truck launched the entire modern-food-truck category; the Palms storefront serves the same Korean-Mexican menu that built the brand. Short rib ...
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Escuela Taqueria
Mexican / Tacos · Beverly Grove
Beverly Blvd taqueria from restaurateur Bill Chait (Republique, Sotto) focused on real-deal, responsibly sourced tacos — 100% natural meats from small California farms, handmade tortillas, salsas made...